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minus-squareterminally_offline@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down4·2 days agoElusive*, you’ll probably try to correct me and say that you meant “illusive” but that’s not the right use-case for it anyway.
minus-squarevery_well_lost@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down6·2 days agoHere we see the illusive pedant in its natural habitat
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·2 days agoIt’s not pedantry to point out your word choice was so completely wrong. Illusive is descriptive of things that are illusions (a mirage is illusive water); elusive is descriptive of something that is hard to find
minus-squareterminally_offline@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·2 days agoIgnoramus will be an ignoramus.
Elusive*, you’ll probably try to correct me and say that you meant “illusive” but that’s not the right use-case for it anyway.
Here we see the illusive pedant in its natural habitat
It’s not pedantry to point out your word choice was so completely wrong. Illusive is descriptive of things that are illusions (a mirage is illusive water); elusive is descriptive of something that is hard to find
Ignoramus will be an ignoramus.